I live in Latin America and I found out here governements dont require Samsung to OEM lock bootloader for Samsung phones, so thecnically im able to boot a custom rom unto my phone. But Im curious if this still enables us Samsung users from Latin America to boot any privacy respecting android rom, since most of them doesnt support Samsung devices at least that’s what they say on their web pages. So, do you guys think there’s a solution for us?
Lineage is a popular choice, see if your device is supported.
Some devices have unofficial ports, so check your phone’s XDA page
Or you can do what i did and opt for a GSI if your phone supports phh treble
Don’t think you can unlock the bootloaders on Samsung devices, so not really possible
Most you can do to make it privacy friendlier (still not private) is to disable/uninstall app the bloat until you get to the minimum required apps, try to replace as many apps and you can with fdroid equivalents, and add an adblocking firewall. Settings your private DNS to
dns.adguard-dns.comcould probably help too.This is the option I can enable after activating developer options on my Samsung. It is in spanish, but it do mean that you are able to unlock the OEM bootloader, letting you access to boot roms, as far as I understand. Is it really impossible?
I can and I did
I have /e/OS on s7 and s9
Does it works nicely?
Yes it works nicely and I disagree with the above, think it looks fantastic
I really don’t like how they tried to make it look like an iPhone or whatever, otherwise I’d love to try it
Calyx
Calyx only runs on pixels if I’m not wrong
iodéOS supports some of the older Samsung devices (9 and 10 S and Note series). Unfortunately there are not many options if you have a newer Samsung.
